{{Short description|Tanzanian politician (born 1941)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Daniel Yona | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = 9th Minister of Finance | term_start = 1997 | term_end = 2000 | president = Benjamin Mkapa | predecessor = Simon Mbilinyi | successor = Basil Mramba | office1 = Member of Parliament for Same East | term_start1 = 2000 | term_end1 = 2005 | president1 = Benjamin Mkapa | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Anne Malecela | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|5|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Tanganyika Territory | birth_name = | party = CCM | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = IFM <br> University of Strathclyde {{small|(BA)}} | known_for = Convicted of crimes committed during his tenure as Minister of Finance | occupation = | profession = | website = | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox criminal | embed = yes | criminal_charges = Misuse of office and corruption | criminal_penalty = 3 years imprisonment | criminal_status = Imprisoned at Keko Prison }} }}
'''Daniel Yona''' (born 3 May 1941) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a former Member of Parliament for Same East constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1023/2000-2005|title=Member of Parliament CV|year=2010|publisher=Parliament of Tanzania|accessdate=2 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193720/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1023/2000-2005|archivedate=2 January 2014}}</ref> In 2015, he and former finance minister Basil Mramba were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for awarding an audit contract to UK firm Alex Stewart Assayers which meant its operations in Tanzania were exempt from tax. After seven months in prison, the remainder of Mramba's and Yona's sentence was commuted to community service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33427066|title=Tanzania jails ex-ministers Mramba and Yona over graft|publisher=BBC]|date=7 July 2015|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref>
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